When combining the existing spoilers with the about.com article ...I *speculate* ....

Wednesday Aug 6, Eric is cleared of all charges and allowed to become a priest again.Thursday Aug 7, the bishop asks if Eric still wants to be a priest ... but Eric tells the bishop NO because he still wants Nicole.Friday Aug 8, he tells Nicole he hates her.

So maybe he chooses not to be a priest ... but then hates Nicole ... because he loves Nicole?

He better not blame her for his own choice.I really hope he isn't that much of an asshole.

If he tells Nicole Friday Aug 8 that he hates her ...... how will she react on Monday Aug 11th? That is the question.Will she tell him he belongs in his own special hell?Or will he apologize?I have no idea.